The government has decided to lift the mandatory Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for entrants from China from March 1.Quarantine officials also stressed that it will drop the measure that made flights from China only arrive at Incheon Airport in March as well."The domestic Covid-19 sit
The government will start Covid-19 vaccination for infants and toddlers from 6 months to 4 years old from Feb. 13.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA)’s Covid-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team said Friday that it would start Covid-19 vaccination for infants and young children
The government has lowered the nationwide weekly risk level of Covid-19 to "low," the second lowest of the five-tier rating system, for the first time in 13 weeks."Last week, the daily average number of confirmed cases was 29,805, the lowest in 13 weeks," Kim Sung-ho, head of the interior ministry's
The Covid-19 positive rate for short-term foreign entrants from China remained in single digits for the sixth continuous day.According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on Thursday, 347 short-term foreign residents among the 2,396 people who arrived from China and enter
A survey by the quarantine authorities found that the fatality rate of a person infected with Covid-19 a second time is nearly 80 percent higher than that of a person infected only once. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH) analyzed the fatality rate for 8,472,714 con
The National Infectious Disease Crisis Response Advisory Committee said it held a video conference on Tuesday to discuss the timing of adjusting the indoor mask obligation.The committee is an expert advisory body of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH). The quarantine
Korea's new Covid-19 cases fell to the lowest Monday tally in 12 weeks, recording 14,144 Covid-19 infections on Monday.This included 64 imported cases pushing the total to 29,821,035 cases. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), 64 percent of the imported cases were fro
As this year will be the first Lunar New Year without Covid-19 physical distancing since the pandemic outbreak, Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Kyoo-hong explained the special quarantine and medical measures.“We will maintain a holiday without distancing like Chuseok last year," Minister Cho said
Amid a decreasing trend in daily Covid-19 cases, the Covid-19 Vaccination Response Promotion team said that the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for infants aged six months to four years old officially landed in Korea on Thursday.Currently, the Covid-19 primary vaccination target is five years or ol
Korea reported the lowest Wednesday tally in 11 weeks, as quarantine officials judge that the seventh epidemic has turned to a downward trend, with the Covid-19 reproduction index falling below 1.Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Kyoo-hong commented on this trend at a briefing on Wednesday. “Last w
As the winter resurgence appears to be winding down, Korea recorded another low for Covid-19 cases with the smallest Tuesday tally in 10 weeks.According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), there were 60,041 additional Covid-19 infections, with 87 imported cases, bringing the o
Korea's new Covid-19 cases fell to the lowest in nine weeks, prompting discussions about lifting the mask mandate on Monday amid the government's efforts to contain the inflow of the virus from China.According to the government’s announcement last month for easing the indoor mask mandate, weekly cas
While the Covid-19 winter trend remains stagnant, authorities have expressed concerns about the rise in imported cases, with more than 80 percent of new imported cases coming from China.Among the new confirmed cases on Friday, 258 cases were imported from overseas, an increase by 64 from the previou
The government said Thursday that the positive rate for the Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for travelers from China rose over 30 percent.According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), after conducting a PCR test on 327 short-term foreign residents among 1,924 peo
Korean quarantine authorities are looking for a Chinese national who tested positive for Covid-19 at Incheon Airport Terminal 1 and subsequently fled while moving to the quarantine location.This announcement was made at a regular Covid-19 briefing by the Central Disease Control Headquarters on Tuesd
Korea will require negative Covid-19 test results for entrants not only from China but Hong Kong and Macau because of the recent surge in infection cases in the region, the government said. According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters, it will become mandatory for travelers from Hong Kong a
Jung Ki-suck, head of the National Advisory Committee on Infectious Disease Crisis Response, questioned why the government should take responsibility for treating unvaccinated Covid-19 patients."Testing positive for Covid-19 after not getting a vaccine is no different from a traffic accident caused
To minimize the impact of China’s worsening Covid-19 situation, the Korean government decided to strengthen quarantine measures.Seoul will limit the number of short-term visa issuance and additional flights from China to Korea and make Covid-19 tests before and after entry into Korea mandatory from
Korea reported 76 deaths from Covid-19 on Thursday, raising the cumulative death toll to 32,027. The figure was the highest since Sept. 4, when Korea reported 79 Covid-19 deaths.The country added 71,427 new Covid-19 infections, including 72 cases from abroad, bringing the total caseload to 28,931,14
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said that it has begun a preliminary review of Comirnaty, Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine developed to fight the Omicron variant.Pfizer Korea applied to the ministry on Friday for a preliminary review on clinical trial data of the Omicron-targeting Comirnaty vaccine.Th
